Re: [alfa] Tire size, 71 GTV

["Stefano Iachella" <iachella@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>2nd question, totally not Alfa related, but Italian car.... I have a
steering
>wheel, 14" 3-spoke, black leather wrapped, marked "Dino" in stylized script
>on the bottom spoke. Does anybody know if this is from a Dino Ferrari or
did
>someone make a knock off at some time? (If its real it might bring enough
for a
>new set of rubber for the GTV on E-bay....)

Dino is a brand name of a company that makes (or made) steering wheels
and rims. No affiliation to Ferrari, in fact, I think they're from LA.


>My 71 GTV is currently running Yoko 185-70-14's on the 14x5.5 original
steel
>wheels. I also have a set of 14x6 BWA's with worn out 205-60-14's. I'd like
to
>put the BWA's back on but with new tires. IAP recommends the 185-70-14's
for
>14x6 wheel, it seems to me the tires I have would be slightly narrow on a
1/2
>wider wheel. What tire are others using? A quick check of Tire-Rack finds
no
>tires available for my car and I know 14" performance tires are hard to
find,
>any recomendations for sources?

Tire Rack has 31 tires in a 195-65-14 which is a near exact match in rolling
diameter. 185, 195, and 205 being the width in mm giving you a little wider
tire. Among them is Pirelli P6000 SV. Not a bad tire. If you go with the
same
size on there, 205-60-14, Tire Rack has 10 to chose from. Among them the
Yokohama AVS ES 100. An excellent tire.

Don't use your car as a search for tires on Tire Rack. Search for size.

Stefano.
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